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It’s our last summer book club for moms check-in! Have you enjoyed these books? I have loved every one and can’t wait for the rest of the Seven Brides for Seven Bachelors to be released! Hurry up, Tricia!
If you’re new to the book club, all of the details are right here and you can still join in! Just check-in on the appropriate post for each book and we’ll wrap it all up Friday, September 5th with a giveaway for one person who has read and checked in for all three books!
Whenever you are done reading The Kissing Bridge {before September 5th}, just leave a comment below with your thoughts on the book and answer one or both of these discussion questions if you’d like! I love honest discussion, but let’s remember to keep it positive and encouraging to one another!
Here are the questions you can consider when leaving your comment…
1. Millie offered this advice to Rebecca on the trail ride: “Sometimes the best thing we can do with our minds and hearts is to allow ourselves to rest. After all, a heavy heart takes a lot of work to carry around.” How did Caleb and Rebecca find “rest” in this book? How do YOU find “rest?”
2. How did Rebecca and Caleb’s trust in God grow in this story?
Happy discussing and happy reading! Remember – to be entered for the grand prize, you must read and check-in on all three books by Friday, September 5th! Here are the check-ins for the other two books:
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Rereading this book was an interesting experience. In between reading “The Promise Box” and “The Kissing Bridge”, I went and reread the Big Sky trilogy. While I was reading, I realized that the wayward Rebecca in Ohio and this Rebecca are the same person, so I felt like I already “knew” her when starting “The Kissing Bridge”. I definitely sensed more spiritual self-discovery in this book, as compared with the other two in the Seven Bachelors series. On to the questions:
1- Both Caleb and Rebecca were in Montana to escape from their life. Their time is very much a temporary way station before moving on, or in Caleb’s case, going back to daily life. However, this respite allows both of them to grow in their faith and gain a deeper perspective on their choices and their significance to their futures. Even though the Amish don’t get caught up with all the electronic distractions and daily tasks that the rest of society seems to nowadays, I loved the idea of the wagon trip physically removing them from the outside world for that few days. Everyone on the trip was forced to “unplug” from their every day life and take things at a slower pace and appreciate the world around them. I find that I get my “rest” when I unplug myself from electronics and lose myself in a good book. I’m still old-fashioned in that I like the feel of holding the book in my hand and turning the pages rather than an e-book. My reading time is my “rest” time and rejuvenates me to face the world again.
2- Both Rebecca and Caleb learned to trust that God orchestrates our lives. They were both running, but learned that maybe they didn’t need to run from their Amish heritage. In the end, yes, they choose to leave the church for Rebecca to pursue her dream of becoming a nurse and for their marriage, but I feel like they reach a place where they understand that this is what God has planned for them and so they embrace it and move forward. I also loved Marianna’s influence on Rebecca as you see similar progress with her spiritual growth after her marriage to Ben.
I missed the cut off 🙁 but I just want to say thank you for introducing me to these books!!! I read them all by the end of July so I totally forgot to post. I have the Big Sky series in my kindle just ready to read. I enjoyed this book club very much!